We’re glad you’re here! If you’re new to our blog, we are a husband-wife team from Chicago who loves to experience the best that Mother Nature has to offer. We document our travels through photography and video and share our adventures here in hopes of encouraging others to explore our natural world, too. Here is a collection of some of our favorite posts. Enjoy!

Your Ticket to Iceland’s Puffin-Palooza
N’gorongoro Crater: A Lion Love Story
The Boundary Waters: Our Canoe Safari
The Curse of the Cat
A Tent with a View: Backpacking to Colorado’s Blue Lake

A Guide to Backpacking the Wonderland Trail
Big Fun in Big Bend
Exploring the Natural Wonders of the Evergreen State
Photographing Iceland’s Waterfalls: Part I
Serengeti: In Pictures
Announcing Our Iceland Photography Exhibit!

Backpacking the Wonderland Trail
Icelandic Is Easy!
Iceland: The Látrabjarg Bird Cliffs
Photographing Iceland’s Waterfalls
Iceland: Jökulsárlón
Iceland: Laugavegur Trek Trailer
Highlights of Iceland
The Do-It-Yourself Safari

A Guide to Backpacking the Wonderland Trail
Backpacking Colorado’s Four Pass Loop
Laugavegur: Trekking in the Land of Fire and Ice
Summitting Mt. Kilimanjaro
Hiking Mt. Meru

A Practical Guide to Independent Travel in Iceland
Hitting the Trails in Iceland
Photographing Iceland’s Waterfalls, Part II
To Drive or Be Driven? That Is the Safari Question!
Serengeti: Our Campsite Roundup
The Boundary Waters: Exploring Ely, MN

Check Us Out on Sidewalk!

We recently became contributors to Sidewalk Magazine, a new, curated, online hiking magazine that helps readers discover and plan amazing hiking adventures. Each month, Sidewalk publishes a new issue with four amazing hikes. Check out our trip reports here:
The Wonderland Trail
The Laugavegur Trek